Chu Ge let out a long breath, withdrew his mind from ten thousand years ago for the time being, and closed his eyes to rest.
A crude solution was still a crude solution. Putting it into practice would involve disputes between countries. He would be thanking his lucky stars if he could finish it in several years; if things went badly, he might spend his entire life running around for it.
He still needed to look for other options first. If he really could not find any, he could revisit this one. Gathering the Four Sacred Beasts was something he needed to do anyway.
But this did put his mind at ease.
Knowing there really was a way to solve it, however crude and however long it might take, meant his heart no longer felt quite so suspended in midair with nowhere to land.
Chu Ge knew there had to be more than just the crude solution.
Logically, Qiu Qiu had asked him to look back into the past for more than merely reaching the conclusion that he needed to gather the Four Sacred Beasts. They were already doing that, after all. They would have done it without looking back. Why go out of their way to revisit the past just to reach that conclusion?
But he really could not think of anything else right now. His mind was terribly sluggish, and his body ached too. He should rest first.
He had been wound tight earlier, and he was utterly exhausted. He had not even properly absorbed the medicine he had just swallowed, and his internal injuries remained.
His mother was right. He needed to recover before he could do more. The more he rushed, the more muddled things became, and he would miss many details.
He stood up and